Black Hawk County

MULTIRACIAL PROFILE

The 2000 Census questionnaire was the first to allow respondents to select more than one race
. Nationwide, approximately 2.4 percent of the population, over 6.8 million Americans, marked an identification with two or more races.

As is the case with many racial and ethnic groups, the multiracial population is not evenly distributed across the country. Hawaii has the largest multiracial population with 24.1 percent of its population identifying with two or more races. Alaska follows a distant second with 5.4 percent identifying as multiracial. The five least multiracial states (Mississippi, West Virginia, Maine, Alabama and South Carolina) all have multiracial populations of less than 1 percent.

For more on the geography of the U.S. multiracial population, see our multiracial map
.

Number of Races Selected

Number

Percent of Total

Percent of Multiracial

Two Races

1,777

1.39%

92.99%

Three Races

113

0.09%

5.91%

Four Races

11

0.01%

0.58%

Five Races

10

0.01%

0.52%

Six Races

0

0.00%

0.00%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency

Rank

Multiple Race Selection

Number

Percent of Total Population

Percent of Multiple Race Population

1.

White and Black

591

0.46%

30.93%

2.

White and Some Other Race

556

0.43%

29.09%

3.

White and American Indian

231

0.18%

12.09%

4.

White and Asian

182

0.14%

9.52%

5.

Black and American Indian

57

0.04%

2.98%

6.

White and Black and American Indian

53

0.04%

2.77%

7.

Black and Some Other Race

38

0.03%

1.99%

8.

Asian and Some Other Race

33

0.03%

1.73%

9.

White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

30

0.02%

1.57%

10.

Black and Asian

21

0.02%

1.10%

11.

White and Black and Some Other Race

18

0.01%

0.94%

12.

White and Asian and Some Other Race

12

0.01%

0.63%

13.

American Indian and Asian

10

0.01%

0.52%

14.

American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

9

0.01%

0.47%

15.

Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

9

0.01%

0.47%

16.

White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

8

0.01%

0.42%

17.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian

6

0.00%

0.31%

18.

Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

6

0.00%

0.31%

19.

American Indian and Some Other Race

5

0.00%

0.26%

20.

White and American Indian and Some Other Race

5

0.00%

0.26%

21.

White and Black and Asian

4

0.00%

0.21%

22.

White and American Indian and Asian

4

0.00%

0.21%

23.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

4

0.00%

0.21%

24.

Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

3

0.00%

0.16%

25.

Black and American Indian and Some Other Race

3

0.00%

0.16%

26.

Black and Asian and Some Other Race

3

0.00%

0.16%

27.

Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

2

0.00%

0.10%

28.

Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

2

0.00%

0.10%

29.

White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

2

0.00%

0.10%

30.

Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

1

0.00%

0.05%

31.

White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race

1

0.00%

0.05%

32.

White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race

1

0.00%

0.05%

33.

Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander